Psychiatric Services
- Volume 55
- Number 7
- July 2004
Taking Issue
Departments
Publication date: 01 July 2004
Page747This month two articles and a Taking Issue commentary focus on improving the outcomes of substance abuse treatment, and a brief report presents further evidence that teenagers' self-reports of substance use should raise red flags for caregivers' attention ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.747Columns
Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages764–766Introduction by the column editors: In the current era of limited funding for mental health services, public and private agencies would benefit from a means of most cost-effectively deploying specialized resources and personnel. Schizophrenia expresses ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.764Other Articles
Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages767–774OBJECTIVE: This longitudinal study conducted path analyses to examine the relationships between treatment processes and outcomes among patients in community-based drug treatment programs. METHODS: A total of 1,939 patients from 36 outpatient drug-free and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.767Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages775–779OBJECTIVE: Mental health services are important to treatment retention and positive outcomes for many clients of substance abuse treatment programs. For these clients the implementation of managed care should provide for continued or increased access to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.775Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages780–785OBJECTIVE: Little research has been conducted on the attitudes of persons with psychiatric disorders toward the potentially adverse or beneficial effects of involuntary outpatient commitment and other forms of mandated community treatment. This study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.780Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages786–791OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine associations between the voluntary or coercive nature of patients' participation in inpatient treatment and the short-term outcome of inpatient treatment for patients with schizophrenia. METHODS: Eighty-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.786Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages792–797OBJECTIVE: This study explored the factors psychiatrists considered in deciding on hospitalization for a large sample of suicide attempters in the emergency department of a general hospital in Madrid, Spain, between 1996 and 1998. METHODS: Psychiatrists ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.792Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages798–803OBJECTIVE: This study examined the extent to which patients' and staff's perceptions of the psychiatric ward atmosphere and the working conditions of staff influence patient and staff satisfaction. METHODS: A total of 640 staff members on 42 wards ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.798Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages804–810OBJECTIVE: This study identified predictors of the extent of residential planning carried out by aging families of adults with severe mental illness according to the conceptual framework of the Double ABCX model of family coping and adaptation. METHODS: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.804Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages811–817OBJECTIVE: This study examined lifetime, 12-month, and current mental health service use among older youths in the foster care system and examined variations in mental health care by race, gender, maltreatment history, living situation, and geographic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.811Brief Report
Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages818–820The authors describe a program to reduce the use of physical restraint on three psychiatric units of a university hospital. One component of the program involved interviewing patients to determine their stress triggers and personal crisis management ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.818Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages821–823Psychiatric patients exhibit increased suicide risk shortly after hospitalization, but little is known about patients who are discharged after treatment for physical illness. Information on all suicides over a period of 13 years in northern Finland as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.821Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages824–826To explore problems associated with substance abuse, a sample of 101 inner-city teenagers (59 females and 42 males) completed measures of drug and alcohol involvement, resilience, negative peer relationships, and emotional and behavioral problems. Youths ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.824Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages827–829South Asian women suffer disproportionately high rates of suicide and attempted suicide. Yet few intervention studies on this group have been done. A total of 180 British South Asian women were sampled to pilot test an educational pamphlet about ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.827Other Articles
Publication date: 01 July 2004
Pages830–832Along with the advent of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) came a worldwide resurgence of syphilis. The later stages of syphilis, especially neurosyphilis, may present with symptoms of virtually any psychiatric disorder. The authors present three ...
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